Following the cattle king : oral history transcript : a lifetime of agriculture, water management, and water conservation in California's Central Valley / 2002

by: Nickel, George Wilmarth, 1917-2004. ive; Bancroft Library. Regional Oral History Office; Faulhaber, Jamy O; Nickel, Adele; Parrott, William G; Moody, Douglas; Roe, Benson B; Resor, Nancy Nickel

Publication date: 2002

Topics: Miller, Henry, 1827-1916, Nickel, James Leroy, Miller & Lux, California. State Reclamation Board, San Luis Canal Company, San Joaquin Canal Company, Rio Bravo Resort (Bakersfield, Calif.), Nickel Family LLC, Ranchers -- California, Agriculture -- California San Joaquin Valley, Water rights -- California San Joaquin Valley, Flood control -- California San Joaquin Valley, Water rights -- California, Water conservation -- California San Joaquin Valley, Buena Vista Lake (Calif.), Kern River (Calif.) -- Environmental aspects

Collection: cdl; americana

Digitizing sponsor: MSN

Contributor: University of California Libraries

Language: English

1 v. (vii, 184 p.) : 29 cm

15 sound cassettes

Childhood and family background in San Francisco and the Central Valley; reflections on great grandfather Henry Miller, including Miller-Haggin Agreement, 1888; UC Berkeley B.A., 1939; history of Miller & Lux; early career at Miller & Lux, 1940s; building Monterey Airport during World War II; uncle James Leroy Nickel, Jr., mismanagement of Henry Miller Trust and Miller & Lux; Nickel v. Nickel, 1954 and other lawsuits; San Luis Canal Company and San Joaquin Canal Company; flood control, water rights, agriculture, and land development in the San Joaquin Valley; development of Buena Vista Lake and Rio Bravo; California State Reclamation Board, 1959-1966; environmental issues on the Kern River, Nickel Family LLC; travel and flying adventures

interview with Nancy Nickel Resor, not transcribed. Shelved as Phonotape 3531 C:16

Includes interviews with Adele Nickel, William G. Parrott, Douglas Moody, and Dr. Benson Roe

Dept. of Special Collections, University of California, Los Angeles Library

Volume includes index

Addeddate: 2006-09-19 20:22:04

Associated-names: Faulhaber, Jamy O; Nickel, Adele; Parrott, William G; Moody, Douglas; Roe, Benson B; Resor, Nancy Nickel; Bancroft Library. Regional Oral History Office

Call number: ucb_banc:GLAD-185075429

Camera: 1Ds

Collection-library: ucb_banc

Copyright-evidence: Evidence reported by scanner-ian-white for item followcattleking00nickrich on Sep 19, 2006; visible notice of copyright and date; stated date is 2002; not published by the US government; Have not checked for notice of renewal in the Copyright renewal records.